Tom Carson is a novelist, television critic and the author of “Gilligan’s Wake.” He talks about blending James Joyce’s classic “Finnegan’s Wake” with those seven wacky castaways from “Gilligan’s Island.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Sarah Flannery talks about how her father taught her to excel at math by giving her puzzles and she gives a few examples. Sarah won the Young Scientist of the Year Award in Ireland and in Europe in 1999.
Jedediah Berry imagines a future where science can unlock buried thoughts.
Sarah Winchester (born 1840) was the heiress to the Winchester Estate with a 50% holding of the Winchester Repeating Rifle Company. She used her vast fortune to construct a mansion for 38 consecutive years.
Popular legend held that she was cursed by all those who were killed by Winchester rifles. The only way to alleviate her suffering was to continue to add on to her mansion, filling it with strange sealed rooms and staircases and corridors leading nowhere. Pamela Haag tells her tale and gives it some meaning beyond a mere ghost story.
The Japanese either love or hate these slimy, stinky, fermented soybeans. Now, natto is gaining popularity with home fermentation enthusiasts.
Susan Krieger tells Jim Fleming how much she can actually see and what sight and vision have come to mean to her.
Tyler Boudreau is a 12 year veteran of the Marine Corps who ultimately resigned his commission due to reservations over the legitimacy of the Iraq war.
Want to start your own podcast? If you're trying to figure out how to start an original show, you might want to tune in to WFMU for inspiration. It's a small station with a big reputation for innovation. Long-time station manager Ken Freedman says the heart of what makes the station unique is the spontaneity that can only come from "live, human radio."
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